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In Defence + Total Fucking Blood Posters!¡!¡ NSF56K

I'm working on a project dealing with work/home. The idea is set in a space where both work and home occupy. It is important that the two environments coexist comfortably if one is to commit to both. There is a lack of discernible identity when an individual distributes his or her self exclusively to one or the other.

This is a pretty interesting piece for me because I'm using transparency and a somewhat crafted light box that uses light which the viewer chooses for it. The first and second image is the back view of the object. There are two panes of glass that have some space between them. The front has a sheet of vellum I adhered to it, pieces of vellum for some of the objects, pencil, pen, charcoal and paper. The back just has some vellum pieces on it. I forgot to take a picture of how the frame looks from the front. Next update.

I had to perform some surgery on two identical fixed picture frames so I could use one on the front side and the glass from both in the project. They magically fix well with the wooden frame I acquired. Some epoxy and this amazing two part clay later, I basically have what I have now. There were these ornaments I had drilled holes for and placed on the wooden frame that looked ugly so now I have some holes. I wanted it to have some sense of needing to be held by the viewer to direct it to a light source. I'm going to look for some copper/bronze plate of some sort to wrap around those parts of the frame.

The last picture is what it can look like, so far, with a light source behind it, in this case a lamp behind it and some natural light. Some interesting shifting occurs when tilting it due to the distance between the panes of glass and the strength/distance of the light source. Sunlight is really good. Sometimes it makes some other colors appear.

I'll keep this updated.

Moar stough:

"Borderlines" - The cycle of life with actions and subsequent reactions and opportunity.

Self-portrait with a mosaic concept. This was printed on a skateboard. I don't have access to the board right now, so pictures later. You can buy it if you want to.

Probably because they're easier to work with? I know I find it pretty helpful not to have to make sure every window in the house is open, and have a specific place to dump my paint thinner so the vapors won't catch fire when I make dinner.

Visual Chicago Acid reminds me of the holosuits in A Scanner Darkly. This is never a bad thing.

I like all of the more surreal stuff because you actually draw humans in it. I feel that a lot of the time people resort to abstract and surrealism when they just can't draw humanoids. You shatter this.

I really like the whole clockwork/mechanical feel to the man's head in Tracy.

I have tried to imbed the the blog into the main page for quite some time. I got pretty close to solving the problem with my limited skills and searching around the net. However, Firefox was still being an asshole. You have any idea on how I can load my external blog into the frame and have it expand to the height of that document?

I have tried to imbed the the blog into the main page for quite some time. I got pretty close to solving the problem with my limited skills and searching around the net. However, Firefox was still being an asshole. You have any idea on how I can load my external blog into the frame and have it expand to the height of that document?

It shouldn't be difficult as long as you have pretty full access to the code. It's far too late for me to think though, and I can't remember this stuff off the top of my head. =/

What's the process like though? What's generating the code if anything?

I have tried to imbed the the blog into the main page for quite some time. I got pretty close to solving the problem with my limited skills and searching around the net. However, Firefox was still being an asshole. You have any idea on how I can load my external blog into the frame and have it expand to the height of that document?

It shouldn't be difficult as long as you have pretty full access to the code. It's far too late for me to think though, and I can't remember this stuff off the top of my head. =/

What's the process like though? What's generating the code if anything?

I should probably just evacuate Blogger and host my own Wordpress and do it that way.

Ebay "(5 or 10) blank decks" I forgot who I've bought from first, but I've got stuff from WSTWO and haven't been disappointed. Cheaper to buy a bundle. You could even find uncut decks if you wanted to put the work into cutting your own shapes. Do it!

I accidently made this optical illusion that if stared into the center for a bit all of the pattern turns blue. I believe this is probably from retina fatigue.

Neo! Have I told you that I love your style? I do! This one is no different, I love it... in fact, I'd take it on a date and try to kiss it at the end. But, much like a date, it has things that go better.

My biggest issue is the text placement. It's down there at the bottom of the suit. But I hardly noticed it the first time because all the focus goes to the monkey's face because of the tunnel he's in. That tunnel forms lines that point to his face, putting my attention right on the monkey.

If I could suggest, maybe you could put the text riding on some of the panels. I dunno if you understand. I'll try to illustrate:

I know exactly what you're talking about and did a few tests with it. I chose to try and hide it so it didn't compete with the imagery as much. I was interested in 'pop culture' imagery and attempting to disguise it as some kind of representable piece when in light of its consumable nature as a gig poster it can lead to the destruction of decoding something from it. When it's obviously a gig poster it just becomes a cue for us to make rather quick assumptions about the show.

From the homicidal humanity as the antagonist to consumable imagery of space monkeys to draw specific audiences to a show.

Yup. I have little practice with lettering by hand, so it definitely took quite some time to get it to look halfway decent. Also, some use of skewing was made in Photoshop.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I've been studying pop art at the moment. It influenced a lot of my choices and subject matter. That, and the whole planetarium space show. Content derived from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I REALLY like it Neo. You have enough of the rough detail going on where it looks "filled" but it doesn't look too busy. I think you nailed the style pretty flawlessly, something I've tried to do here and there and only come up with half an ass. Also, I think the lettering is great down there, it took me a bit before I noticed it, but it was like a candy surprise after a nice meal. I can't think of anything I would want to change. Are you printing these on little 5x7 type flyer cards? Is it going to be really shiny? Will you show us pics of said shininess?

Haven't posted work in a while, but I've been doing some artwork when I get the time. A lot of detail and process shots of each poster and my studio area is on my flickr. Each poster is designated by the sets on the right side. The 2009: A Beer Odyssey set is the first and probably the most documented print. You will find in each of the photos that they have descriptions.

Starting with the most recent poster:

This is where I work and print now (click for flickr set):

Print and some transparencies for each color used in the print (click for flickr set):

Paste-up of the b/w artwork, testing colors, and detail (click for flickr set):

The screen that makes the print that tells you where 2009 beers are to be had (click for flickr set):

I'll try to document and write a more in-depth process for particular aspects of printing for those who'd like to get an even better look at some of the things it takes to screen print in your own home. Maybe some for the tutorial thread!

Also did some album artwork that should be available in print sometime soon: